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Without Love Lyrics by Matthew Morrison, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Corey Reynolds, Kerry Butler, Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2002

[SEAWEED, spoke]
Psst, Penny what happened?

[PENNY, spoken]
My mother's punishing me for going to jail without permission!

[SEAWEED, spoke]
Well I've come to rescue the fair maiden from her tower

[PENNY, spoken]
Oh Seaweed!

[LINK, spoken]
Tracy! You look beautiful behind bars

[TRACY, spoken]
It must be the low-watt institution lighting

[LINK, spoken]
Tracy, they can keep us from kissin' but they can't stop us from singin'

(sung)
Once I was a selfish fool
Who never understood
I never looked inside myself
Though on the outside, I looked good!

Then we met and you made me
The man I am today
Tracy, I'm in love with you
No matter what you weigh
'Cause—

[LINK & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[LINK]
Life is like the seasons with no summer

[LINK & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[LINK]
Life is rock 'n' roll without a drummer
Tracy—

[LINK & ENSEMBLE]
I'll be yours forever

[LINK]
'Cause I never wanna be

[LINK & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[LINK]
Tracy, never set me free
No, I ain't lyin'
Never set me free, Tracy

[LINK & ENSEMBLE]
No, no, no

[TRACY & (GIRLS)]
Once I was a simple girl
Then stardom came to me (Aah)
But I was still a nothing
Though a thousand fans may disagree! (Tracy!)
Fame was just a prison
Signing autographs a bore
I didn't have a clue
Till you came banging on my door!
That—

[TRACY & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[TRACY]
Life is like my dad without his Bromo

[TRACY & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[TRACY]
Life's like making out with Perry Como!
Darlin'—

[TRACY & ENSEMBLE]
I'll be yours forever

[TRACY]
'Cause I never wanna be

[TRACY & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[TRACY]
So darling throw away the key

[TRACY]
I'm yours forever
Throw away the key

[TRACY & LINK]
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[SEAWEED]
Living in the ghetto
Black is everywhere ya' go
Who'd have thought I'd love a girl
With skin as white as winter's snow!

[PENNY]
In my ivory tower
Life was just a hostess snack
But now I've tasted chocolate
And I'm never going back!

[PENNY, SEAWEED & ENSEMBLE]
'Cause without love

[SEAWEED]
Life is like a beat that you can't follow

[PENNY, SEAWEED & ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[PENNY]
Life is Doris Day at the Apollo

[PENNY, SEAWEED & ENSEMBLE]
Darlin', I'll be yours forever
'Cause I never wanna be
Without love

[SEAWEED]
So darling, never set me free

[PENNY & SEAWEED]
I'm yours forever
Never set me free!

[PENNY, SEAWEED & ENSEMBLE]
No, no, no!

[LINK]
If you're locked up in this prison, Trace
I don't know what I'll do

[TRACY]
Link, I've got to break out
So that I can get my hands on you!

[SEAWEED]
And girl, if I can't touch you
Now I'm gonna lose control

[PENNY]
Seaweed, you're my black white knight
I've found my blue-eyed soul

[SEAWEED & ENSEMBLE]
Sweet freedom is our goal

[LINK, spoken]
Trace, I wanna kiss ya!

[TRACY, spoken]
Then I can't wait for parole!

[ALL]
'Cause without love

[SEAWEED]
Life is like a prom that won't invite us

[ALL]
Without love

[LINK]
Life's getting my big break and laryngitis

[ALL]
Without love

[PENNY]
Life's a '45' when you can't buy it

[ALL]
Without love

[TRACY]
Life is like my mother on a diet

[ALL]
Like a week that's only Mondays
Only ice cream never sundaes
Like a circle with no center
Like a door marked "do not enter!"
Darling, I'll be yours forever
'Cause I never wanna be
Without love

[PENNY & LINK]
Yes now you've captured me

[ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[SEAWEED & TRACY]
I surrender happily

[ENSEMBLE]
Without love

[PENNY]
Oh Seaweed

[ALL]
Never set me free

[PENNY & SEAWEED]
No, no, no

[TRACY & LINK]
No, I ain't lyin'

[PENNY & SEAWEED]
Never set me free

[ALL]
No, no, no
No, I don't wanna live without

[PENNY]
Love, love, love

[LINK]
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[ALL]
Darling, you had best believe me
Never leave me without love!
Credits
Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Corey Reynolds

Corey Reynolds

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler

Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray

About “Without Love” by Matthew Morrison

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"Without Love" is credited to Matthew Morrison, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Corey Reynolds, Kerry Butler, Original Broadway Cast Of Hairspray. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Without Love" appears on "Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2002.

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